[Two Kids' Dad]

One of those commercials (I think it was 23 and Me) was about some woman who was so proud that her ancestry included some African royalty or something, but the actual graph displayed on the commercial showed that her connection to that part of her lineage was only a minute percentage, while she had over 34% Scottish or Irish heritage. They’re all a big joke.

[Mears]

I’ve seen that one-——she says that this “African royal”is where she “gets her strength”,or words like that.

Garbage.

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[Nea Wood]

I follow ancestry.com on Facebook. I often see people expressing joy that they have some Sub-Saharan or Native American ancestry. Recently Ancestry updated their results. I guess they have new technology or a larger pool of people or something, so some customers' results changed. Some lost their nonwhite ancestry or saw it diminish. They were furious and heartbroken, refusing to believe the results or demanding another test. Funny how whites are supposed to have such "privilege," yet everybody wants to be a "victim."

[BunnySlippers]

Actually, I think they give you the truth so it’s NOT all a big joke.

What is a big joke is someone [like our example] who wants a certain result that isn’t there.

[bgill]

The commercial that gets me is the one of the woman with jet black long straight hair, “red” skin and high cheek bones who is so shocked she’s Native American. Well, duuuuuh.